rsyslog-conf: add validation and error handling

Validate server IP address. Handle exceptions.

Change-Id: I6da9949dbf90dd12853afca8050b68b3aaad144e
Signed-off-by: Deepak Kodihalli <dkodihal@in.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/phosphor-rsyslog-config/server-conf.hpp b/phosphor-rsyslog-config/server-conf.hpp
index cb8882b..795cfb6 100644
--- a/phosphor-rsyslog-config/server-conf.hpp
+++ b/phosphor-rsyslog-config/server-conf.hpp
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ class Server : public Iface
                  uint16_t serverPort,
                  const char* filePath);
 
+        /** @brief Checks if input IP address is valid (uses getaddrinfo)
+         *  @param[in] address - server address
+         *  @returns true if valid, false otherwise
+         */
+        bool addressValid(const std::string& address);
+
         std::string configFilePath{};
 };